Keep well and go well
kelpie
JoinedPosts by kelpie
-
7
Some Good News for Me
by Undecided ini was sick with a stomach virus a few week ago and when i went to the doctor he did some blood work as part of my physical.
my psa test was bad!
he prescribed cipro in case it may have been an infection of the prostrate which would elevate the psa number.
-
-
-
3
Questionable Content ?
by Blueblades inhow do you define questionable content?
i did a content watch,audit, it showed that i had 71 files containing questionable content.i asked it ,how do you define what is questionable?
it responded that words may appear in files that are not in themselves objectionable or they may appear in inappropriate web sites.. guess where all the 71 files that had questionable content were found ?
-
-
kelpie
how do you do a search??? is there a program that you can download?
-
26
Kelpie is Ok, Cant say the same for over 2500 ppl.
by kelpie inwell i have just lived through one of the worst weekends of my life.
something i never want to happen again.. let see if i can tell this and make some sense.. (sorry emotions are still running high).
we found out we got a house in the north side of canberra so saturday morning we spent moving furniture etc up there.
-
-
kelpie
20 Suburbs are back on high alert again today.
lets pray the wind doesnt pick up.
-
6
Firestorm razes 400 ACT homes: four dead
by kelpie inhi guys and gals.
i have found a current report for you all.. monday january 20, 02:42 pmfirestorm razes 400 act homes: four dead.
a 73-year-old duffy man was identified as the fourth person to have died in ferocious bushfires that ravaged canberra at the weekend, destroying up to 400 homes.. he died in the duffy fires, which destroyed 185 houses.. .
-
-
kelpie
Belconnon area is back on high alert again.
I do not know what suburb blissisingorance lives in but I know it is up that way some where.....
I am praying hard that the winds do not pick up like the predicited otherwise it will not be good. I have friends that live right on the edge of the paddocks where the fires are heading.. they are very worried to say the least.
we have told them they can come and stay with us if need be.
-
6
Firestorm razes 400 ACT homes: four dead
by kelpie inhi guys and gals.
i have found a current report for you all.. monday january 20, 02:42 pmfirestorm razes 400 act homes: four dead.
a 73-year-old duffy man was identified as the fourth person to have died in ferocious bushfires that ravaged canberra at the weekend, destroying up to 400 homes.. he died in the duffy fires, which destroyed 185 houses.. .
-
-
kelpie
Email,
if you count 800 meters away from the fire front then yes I would be close. It was a very scary time but thankfully I wasnt one of the 402 homes lost over the last 2 days.
The fire fighters have been working non stop to try and get them under control (and I think mostly are now) but it has been a very harrowing time
Over 2500 people are with out homes. Power has been restored to the majority of canberra (only 1 percent with out power and water now)
The spirit of Canberra has been fantastic. We have all pulled together as a community. It is wonderful.
Are they generally, accidental, deliberate, or natural causes (lightning)?
Majority of the ones are of natural causes and because australia is so dry at the moment fires start really easily.
there is an unconfirmed statement in the newspaper this morning that one of the main spotfires in canberra on saturday was deliberitly lit, which if it is the case and they found who did it, they should burn them alive.
Not good at all
Kelps
-
26
A Circuit Overseer is online
by Carlo inhi brothers and sisters.
i'm a circuit overseer.. i have opened a page for all to see.. http://www.dbhome.dk/carlo/co.html.
tell me what you think.. carlo.
-
-
kelpie
Kelpie is very suckable!! (no pun intended hehehe )
-
6
Firestorm razes 400 ACT homes: four dead
by kelpie inhi guys and gals.
i have found a current report for you all.. monday january 20, 02:42 pmfirestorm razes 400 act homes: four dead.
a 73-year-old duffy man was identified as the fourth person to have died in ferocious bushfires that ravaged canberra at the weekend, destroying up to 400 homes.. he died in the duffy fires, which destroyed 185 houses.. .
-
-
kelpie
Hi guys and gals
I have found a current report for you all.
Monday January 20, 02:42 PM
Firestorm razes 400 ACT homes: four dead
A 73-year-old Duffy man was identified as the fourth person to have died in ferocious bushfires that ravaged Canberra at the weekend, destroying up to 400 homes.
He died in the Duffy fires, which destroyed 185 houses.
"It's believed he died in his home trying to fight off the fires," an ACT police spokeswoman said.
Police said that at least 368 homes were destroyed in the fires, but that figure is expected to rise above 400.
Authorities admitted they were helpless to prevent the firestorm which engulfed parts of the city's western and southern suburbs, overwhelming the national capital's meagre firefighting resources.
"It simply ran over the top of us," said ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope.
More than 300 people were treated for fire-related injuries at the Canberra Hospital, with three people evacuated to Sydney for treatment for serious burns.
Cooler and calm weather gave firefighters some respite today and enabled authorities to declare all fires under control by 4pm.
But the state of emergency remained, with higher temperatures over the coming two days threatening a repeat of Saturday's disaster.
Among the casualties was the historic Mt Stromlo astronomical observatory, where fire largely destroyed the 79-year-old facility, causing an estimated $20 million damage.
Large parts of the ACT RSPCA's shelter in Weston were also destroyed but staff managed to save most of the animals.
Extra firefighters were being brought in from NSW and Queensland to help combat the ongoing fires.
Prime Minister John Howard cut short his holidays for a briefing on the disaster and to visit those who lost their homes.
He held talks with Mr Stanhope and promised federal disaster relief funds would be made available.
"I have been to a lot of bushfire scenes in Australia ... and this was by far the worst," Mr Howard told reporters.
The ACT government has pledged $10,000 assistance for people who lost uninsured homes.
As people returned to their burned homes on Sunday, many expressed anger at the lack of support from ACT fire crews, who were overwhelmed by the blaze as it raced into suburban areas.
Most people were forced to fight the fires with garden hoses and buckets of water, as fire crews were unable to attend all the areas under threat.
But Mr Stanhope told reporters emergency services did all they could but had no way of stopping the disaster.
"We were faced yesterday with an event that would happen perhaps once every 100 or 200 years, the like of which has never been seen in Canberra," he said.
Mr Stanhope said the ACT urban fire service had only 12 tankers at its disposal, which would normally be enough to fight six house fires simultaneously.
But they would have needed up to 800 fully staffed fire trucks to have saved all the houses.
"It was a holocaust of an extent that we simply did not and could not possibly have had the capacity to deal with," Mr Stanhope said.
http://mediastream.aap.com.au/20030120/BushfiresACTStanhope.asf
I hope the short cut works..
If it doesnt go to http://au.news.yahoo.com/030120/2/ivye.html
Kelps
-
26
Kelpie is Ok, Cant say the same for over 2500 ppl.
by kelpie inwell i have just lived through one of the worst weekends of my life.
something i never want to happen again.. let see if i can tell this and make some sense.. (sorry emotions are still running high).
we found out we got a house in the north side of canberra so saturday morning we spent moving furniture etc up there.
-
-
kelpie
Lea
Luckily or unluckily these fires in canberra that caused so much damaged was caused by 3 separete ligthening strikes and the fires combined to form a 35 km long fire front...
Gizmo, Yes we are fine, it is still very smokey but the danger has pasted. Canberra is safe for now...
My heart and thanks goes out to all the fire fighters that have worked tirelessly to help. The fire came through like a huge fire ball, literealy pulling whole trees out of the ground as it went. It jumped from roof to roof of houses, missing some, taking whole streets in other cases. Just unbelieavable.
Giz, bliss is ok. i saw her in chat today..
Kelps (aka giggsy)
-
26
Kelpie is Ok, Cant say the same for over 2500 ppl.
by kelpie inwell i have just lived through one of the worst weekends of my life.
something i never want to happen again.. let see if i can tell this and make some sense.. (sorry emotions are still running high).
we found out we got a house in the north side of canberra so saturday morning we spent moving furniture etc up there.
-
-
kelpie
Thank you for your thoughts and concern. Its nice to know that I have true friends that really care about me and my family.
-
26
A Circuit Overseer is online
by Carlo inhi brothers and sisters.
i'm a circuit overseer.. i have opened a page for all to see.. http://www.dbhome.dk/carlo/co.html.
tell me what you think.. carlo.
-
-
kelpie
umm ok.. seems like he hates the apostates to me..
sorry to offend.